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UNITED STATES PATENT Ourroa CYRUS W. SALADEE AND T. R. EDDY, OF NE\VARK, OHIO.

CHIMNEY,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,892, dated October 16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OYRUs W. SALADEE and THOMAS E. EDDY, of Newark, county of Licking, State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Chimneys for Houses; and we hereby declare that v the following is a full and exact description of manner shown and described of making each floor of the building sustain its proportion of the weight of the chimney; third, in the arrangement shown and described of eombiw ing the lower extremity of the chimney or pedestal J with the mantel or its equivalent, K; and, fourth, in the arrangement shown and described of making the top section, E, of the chimney form the base B, Figs. 1 and 2, Plate 1, upon which to support the chimney top F.

Chimneys built of brick and mortar upon the present well-known plan of doing the same are always, from the peculiar manner of their construction, rough and uneven on their inside surface, presenting small indentations and projections from between the bricks, to which readily adheres the soot, and allows the same to accumulate in such quantity as to interfere with the draft of the chimney, and

1 draft from the fire, will, as we have found from actual experiments, most effectually overcome the difliculty attending the rough inside surface of the ordinary brick chimneys above referred to, and will, with any kind of fuel, keep itself clean and comparatively free from soot and dirt. This advantage we have found, as the result of our experiments, to be dependent upon a smooth inside surface of chimney, in combination with a straight draft.

True, a chimney might be constructed upon the old plan, with straight draft from the fire, and have the inside surface rendered perfectly smooth by a well-finished coat of plas tering; but the expense of so doing it would at once become a doubtful question; but by the improved mode of constructing chimneys contemplated by our invention, we likewise overcome this difficulty by being enabled to produce our chimneys at least one hundred per cent. cheaper than upon the old plan, and at the same time rendering them highly ornamental.

Chimneys made of sheet-iron-such as are used for portable steam-engines, &c.-have, before they become rough from rust, the advantage of a smooth inside surface and straight draft; butfor the use of houses such construction of chimney would lack the important requisites of durability and safety, together with economyin the cost of construction. Here, again, we claim having attained a very decided advantage by combining in our invention the important requisites of durability, (surpassing that of brick chimneys,) safety, and cheapness.

In the drawings, Figure 1, Plate 1, represents our chimney complete as arranged in a two-story house, A being the second floor in section, and A the upper floor. On the floor A is shown, in section, the pedestal D, forming the base upon the fioor A, to sustain that portion of the chimney passing through the second story of the house independent of the story above or below. This pedestal D, in section, also shows the manner of passing the top section, 0, of the chimney below into it. This figure (1) also shows the manner of resting the pedestal J upon the mantel K of the fire-front S.

Fig. 2, Plate 1, represents the chimney in section as arranged in a one-story house, resting upon the upper floor of the same, with the pipe N from the stove below passing into it. A

Fig. 3, Plate 1, is a side view of the fireplace or front S, mantel K, pedestal J, piece of lower section of chimney A, and partition (in section) T. This figure is designed to illustrate our plan of combining two fire-places,

' fronts, and mantels in one, when it is desirable to have a grate in each of two separate rooms directly opposite to each other, with the partition between, andiu connection with our new chimney.

Fig. 4, Plate 1, is a top view, in section, with partition 0 across the center, so as to form two separate fines in one and the same chimney, when the same is used for a double fireplace, as shown by Fig. 3.

Fig. 1, Plate 2, represents the sections A of our chimney made plain, and joined together by the separate collars B.

Fig. 2, Plate 2, is a top view of collars B.

Fig. 3, Plate 2, is a top view of the lower collar or pedestal, E.

Fig. 4 is a top View of the collar D, upon which is supported the chimney on the second floor of the house.

Fig. 5, Plate 2, is a full side view of one of the sections A of the chimney when made plain, while Fig. 6, immediately over it, shows the collar B in section, intended to fitover the end of section A, and to form the connection between the sections A.

As already shown, we have two different ways (substantially the same, however, in their results) of joining together the sections A of our chimney. The one is shown by Figs. 1 and 2, Plate 1, and the other by the figures on Plate 2. I

When the sections A of the chimney are joined and cemented together, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2, Plate 1, the collars B and shoulders C, Fig. 2, are formed solid with the ends of the sections A, so that one shall fit into the other in such manner as to form a gutter or recess in which to plaster the cement. (Shown by the yellow shading in Fig. 2, Plate 1.)

The top section, E, of the chimney is formed considerably wider on its top edge than the other sections of the chimney, and made with the base B, in which to set and cement the chimney-top F, in the manner shown in section by Fig. 2, Plate 1; but when the sections A are joined together, as shown by the figures on Plate 2, they are made perfectly straight and plain, as per Fig. 5. A collar, B, is then provided, of a sufiicient diameter to slip loosely over the ends of the sections A, and made to rest on the central ring-shoulder, F. (See Fig. 6, Plate 2, in section.)

These collars B may be made of light castiron, or of the same material the sections A are made of, or of any other suitable mate rial, and of various ornamental designs. So, also, the sections A may be made fluted, or of any other ornamental design, and finished by stucco painting, or in any other manner which the'fancy may suggest.

When erecting a chimney with sections A and separate collars B, the joints are cemented together with a suitable cement or mortar, which is applied between the bearing-surface of the ring-shoulder F of the collar B,

Fig. 6, Plate 2, and the ends of the sections A, thus making thejoints perfectly tight and strong. We make the sections, usually, about two feet and four inches long, and of from six to eight inches diameter. Generally those sec-- tions A are made round, with a thickness of clay of from one to one and three-fourths inch, and burned the same as fire-brick; but in some cases it is desirable to form these sections halfround, others square, and some to represent a six-square column.

The fire-places we propose using in connection with our new chimney are of a novel and peculiar arrangement, having their front, sides, back, top, and bottom made of cast-iron plates, with the grate or grates set therein with fire-brick and other suitable material, and which arrangement of tire-places we make the subject of a separate patent.

In erecting one of our new chimneys, the fire-place and grate are first set up, on which rests the iron or marble slab or mantel K. This slab or mantel has cut through it a hole corresponding with the size of the throat of the flue from the grate. Around this hole through the mantel K is a shallow flange, into which is fitted and cemented the pedestal J, Fig. 1, Plate 1. This done, one section after another is placed and cemented upon the other, in the manner substantially as already shown and described.

One man and a boy can erect one of our new tire-places and chimneys in a new twostory building in less than three hours time. This, together with the fact that the cost per foot of the sections A is less than the ordinary brick can be bought for to make the same-sized flue in the ordinary way, shows at a glance the very decided advantage we attain by our invention in point of cheapness, while in point of durability, also, our chimney has never, to our knowledge, been equaled.

Now, what we claim as new of our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. Constructing chimneys for houses of hollow sections, made of fire-proof clay or other similar material, and joining or cementing the same together, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

2. The manner shown and described of makin g each separate floor of the building sustain its proportion of the weight of the chimney, substantially. as and for the purpose specified.

3. The base B on the top section, E, of the chimney, Figs. 1 and 2, Plate 1, for the support of the chimney-top F, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the above we hereunto subscribe our names.

CYRUS W. SALADEE. T. R. EDDY.

Witnesses:

H. J. EDDY, B'. B. EDDY. 

